Banana Cowboys: The United Fruit Company and the Culture of Corporate Colonialism
History, Politics and government
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The iconic American banana man of the early twentieth century—the white &“banana cowboy&” pushing the edges of a tropical frontier—was the product of the corporate colonialism embodied by the United Fruit Company. This study of the United Fruit Company shows… how the business depended on these complicated employees, especially on acclimatizing them to life as tropical Americans.
Title Details
ISBN
9780826359438
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Copyright Date
2018
Book number
6639987